TEHRAN – Former Iran national team weightlifter Mangashti Amirian passed away on Thursday. He died at the age of 82. Amirian represented Iran at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh at the 82.5 kg weight class. Tehran Times extends deepest sympathy to Amirian’s family, loved ones, and friends over his demise.
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) said the company has defined 40 programs for maintaining electricity supply and preventing power outages during the hot season peak consumption period. As reported by IRIB, Mohammad-Hassan Motevalizadeh underlined early increase in the temperature and water shortage for hydropower plants as […]
TEHRAN – A total of 10 karate practitioners left Tehran early Tuesday to take part at the 2021 Karate 1-Premier League Lisbon. Iran’s women’s team consists of Hamideh Abbasali, Taravat Khaksar, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Sara Bahmanyar and Rozita Alipour. Zabihollah Poorshab, Amir Mehdizadeh, Bahman Asgari, Sajad Ganjzadeh and Amirreza Mirzaei will represent Iran’s men’s team. The […]
TEHRAN- National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) dug and completed digging operation of nine oil and gas wells during the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-April 20), according to the deputy managing director of the company for digging operation. Ahmad Tamadon said the drilled wells consisted of one development well, one appraisal […]
TEHRAN – Iran will mark World Earth Day 2021 on April 22-29 with the national theme of “preserving the planet, increasing productivity for sustainable development”. The annual event, which always falls on April 22, is the world’s largest environmental movement. It was started in 1970 after 3 million gallons of oil spilled off the coast […]
TEHRAN– In a message on Sunday commemorating Army Day, President Hassan Rouhani emphasized his administration’s efforts to equip the Army and other branches of the armed forces with modern arms amid the country’s economic struggle. “The morale of the military forces and their weaponry have never been better than they are today,” the president said. […]
TEHRAN – Due to the hot season and the increasing risk of wildfires, fire prevention procedures will be prepared and announced to all the provinces soon, Jamshid Mohabbat Khani, commander of the protection unit of the Department of Environment (DOE), has said. In this instruction, items such as vigilance, readiness, updating equipment, and preparing environmentalists’ […]
TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry data show that 680 mining operation licenses have been issued in the previous Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 20, 2020-March 20, 2021) to register an 18.1-percent increase compared to the preceding year. Based on the mentioned data, 576 licenses had been issued in the Iranian calendar year […]
TEHRAN— Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, issued a message on Saturday asking the Iranian Army to boost preparedness for operations as much as necessary. In his congratulatory message on the eve of Army Day, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces urged Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi to “keep enhancing this […]
TEHRAN – Fifty-five cities, five villages, and three metropolitan areas will be selected as pilots to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, Ebrahim Kazemi, head of the secretariat of the accessible-cities coordination headquarters has announced. According to the national document on improving accessibility in cities for persons with disabilities, fifty-five cities, five villages, and three […]
Billboard — General Yousef Ghorbani, commander of the Army Airborne Division, said on Saturday that Iran will never imagine that it has reached a zenith, noting the Islamic Republic is setting aims for greater steps. “Our effort today is to take greater steps for the development and promotion of the airborne division in 1399,” Ghorbani […]
TEHRAN – Iranian football coach Nader Dastneshan passed away on Friday from COVID-19. The 60-year-old coach was hospitalized at the Razi Hospital in Ghaemshahr since last week but lost his battle with coronavirus. Dastneshan coached so many Iranian football clubs including Nassaji, Malavan, Mes Kerman, Naft Tehran, Steel Azin and Sepidrood Rasht in his 17-year […]
